Responsibilities include the oversight and creation of a new Design Assurance Organization within Systems Engineering for the Harris Space and Intelligence Systems (S&IS) business segment. The Director will be responsible for leading an organization of senior System engineers, overseeing Design, Architecture and Test processes for all S&IS ensuring that programs are following best practices and processes required for the successful execution of Space Hardware and Ground Programs. The Director must be able to work closely with the Operations Team to ensure all design procedures and processes are flowed correctly to ensure flawless execution of Space and Ground Hardware.

Other responsibilities of the Director role are as follows:

Ownership of the Hardware Qualification Review board and all artifacts associated with ensuring that the qualification process is adhered to

Ownership of the Independent Review Team(IRT) Process and setting the expectations of each IRT across SI&S. Director will also be responsible for the follow-up and reporting of IRT findings to the Vice President of Engineering

Ownership of the Common Product and Process Change Review Board. This involves the direction, identification and adherence to leveraging core common space products and processes to ensure that all changes to the baseline are adjudicated and approved appropriately

Organize and run the Mission Success Review Board for S&IS, which defines the process to manage issues that could potentially have an adverse impact on the missions Harris supports. The MSR process establishes a senior-level review board that will serve as the technical conscience for the S&IS segment, with responsibility for providing an independent “Harris” risk assessment and go/no-go recommendation for the mission. The director will ensure the qualification plans and waivers put within the program plan are aligned appropriately to ensure program success.

Analysis of key pursuits to ensure Harris is aligned for Mission Success

Document and Oversee the adjudication of Mission Critical issues and provide Risk Assessments against current programs

Ensure that a consistent approach and technical position is established for common-product Mission Critical Issues across all S&IS programs

Qualifications:

Active TS/SCI Clearance

Bachelor's degree with 15 years of experience or Master's with 13 years of experience; or equivalent

5-10 years Space Systems Engineering and understanding of hardware development processes related to Space Systems

Good organizational skills, excellent problem-solving skills, and a willingness to work with teams and individuals.

Ability to learn new skills, meet deadlines, embrace new technologies, and follow process.

High energy and proactive; ability to manage in a dynamic environment.

Excellent communication, written and verbal skills.

Ability to provide strategies to technically grow an Optical Engineering Organization to support.

Demonstrated ability to deliver and sustain measurable results.

Ability to coach, mentor and build relationships with external organizations.

Self-starter; problem solver; customer focus.

Ability to clearly and succinctly convey information and ideas, including strong executive communication and presentation skills.

High expectations for sustained excellence for self and team members.

Proactively seek feedback and initiative to continually improve.

This position requires the candidate to hold Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

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